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<A NAME="X-REF289083822"></A><h1>About native database interfaces</h1>
<A NAME="TI645"></A><p>The native database interfaces provide native connections
to many databases and DBMSs. This chapter describes how the native
database interfaces access these databases.</p>
<A NAME="TI646"></A><p>The native database interfaces are not provided with the Desktop
and Professional editions of PowerBuilder. You can upgrade to PowerBuilder Enterprise
to use the native database interfaces.</p>
<A NAME="TI647"></A><p>For a complete list of the supported native
database interfaces, see "Supported Database Interfaces" in
online Help.</p>
<A NAME="TI648"></A><p>A native database interface is a direct connection to your
data in PowerBuilder.</p>
<A NAME="TI649"></A><p>Each native
database interface uses its own interface DLL to communicate with
a specified database through a vendor-specific database API. For example,
the SQL Native Client interface for Microsoft SQL Server uses a
DLL named <i>PBSNC115.DLL</i> to access the database,
whereas the Oracle 11<i>g</i> database interface accesses
the database through <i>PBORA115.DLL</i>.</p>
<A NAME="TI650"></A><p>In contrast, a standard database interface uses a standard
API to communicate with the database. For example, PowerBuilder can
use a single-interface DLL (<i>PBODB115.DLL</i>)
to communicate with the ODBC Driver Manager and corresponding driver
to access any ODBC data source.</p>

